1 He trotted out his best china.

2 Was it really necessary to trot out the same old stereotypes about Ireland?

3 You trot out that argument whenever I try to discuss this matter with you.

4 The student trotted out his knowledge.

5 He trotted out an excuse for being late.

6 Steve trotted out the same old excuses.

7 He trotted out the horse for the buyer to watch.

8 They trotted out the same old excuses for the lack of jobs in the area.

9 Whenever the President is in difficulties,[] her spokesman is trotted out to face the press.

10 He always trots out the same old excuses for being late.

11 Whenever I ask him why his essay's late, he just trots out the same old excuses.

12 She trotted out the old cliche that 'a trouble shared is a trouble halved.'

13 I was trotted out at these wretched award banquets like the March of Dimes child.

14 Instantly alert, we trotted out after our bailiff and sensed the envy of those left to wait.

15 Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is trotting out an old and unconventional idea.

16 Thus adjured, Hector jumped off the bed with a short bark and trotted out of the room.

17 In response to the protesters, Western policymakers often trot out the line that globalisation is good for the poor.

18 The young critters were trotted out to put on a show for the kids.

19 The manager trotted out from his office to greet me when I stopped by for a look.

20 We trot out the old Blair mantra from memory.

21 Trot out the horses for the buyers to watch.

22 He's able to trot out some encouraging numbers.

23 Physicists have a stock phrase they trot out whenever someone claims to have made an astounding new discovery about the universe.

24 He is always able to trot out some new excuse.

25 Pick of the plonk and pies Fiona Beckett Wines to trot out with the turkey.

26 Indeed, they begged for songs all the time, especially in their cribs, where Id trot out all the novelty tunes like "Mairzy Doats" or "Three Little Fishies."

27 But President Obama eventually decided not to release the photos, saying: "We don't trot out this stuff as trophies."

28 If I fired back that playing video games wrecked one's eyesight, he'd trot out a study proving that they improved a person's field of vision.

29 You can't arrive to do business in Beijing and trot out English--- that won't do.

30 If a search engine wants to seem twice as good as a competitor, they need only trot out a bar chart showing they have twice as many documents as their competitor.

1 Was it really necessary to trot out the same old stereotypes about Ireland?

2 You trot out that argument whenever I try to discuss this matter with you.

31 The changeups start with 300 and Watchmen director Zack Snyder, who switches from male-on-male violence to trot out a quintet of lingerie-clad ass-kickers in Sucker Punch.

32 His novel trots out a rich heiress ; always able to trot out some new excuse.

33 Chinese officials merely repeated the stock phrases they trot out whenever trouble occurs on the peninsula, about the need for restraint from both sides.

34 We have no risk control group we can trot out with a PowerPoint presentation.

35 Just twenty years ago, when my parents had friends round for dinner – or worse,[] when I did – my dad had a ready arsenal of stinkers he'd trot out when conversation dipped.

36 Pop science loves to trot out research on rodents to confirm or challenge behavioral assumptions.

37 Maybe it's a sign of idealism, in an endearing belief in the goodness in people and the brotherhood of man that makes people trot out their lowest moments like circus ponies.

38 When most politicians trot out their listening tastes, you get the feeling it is just the work of spin-doctors trying to send a particular message.

39 Guys like a girl who can be as vulgar as their guy friends, but don't trot out your award-winning burps or four-letter fiestas until at least the second or third date.

40 They trot out a plausible theory with computer models to go with it.